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Romans #12
*Romans 8:1-17 *
*Set Free From the "Laws of Gravity"*
M.L. K., Jr. TAUGHT AT ABOUT FREEDOM
CHALLENGED US TO BE SATISFIED WITH NOTHING LESS
I think it would be awesome to be Free from gravity!
In 1994 I turned 30 and a few weeks before my birthday, I climbed into a Twin Otter Airplane with 22 people and we got free from gravity.
I wanted to FLY, by myself, though, so at 14,500 feet I jumped out of that Twin Otter.
I WAS FLYING!!! I was!! I could feel the wind in my hair, the force of my flight was evident all over my body as I cut through the air.
However a few seconds into my first FLIGHT, I looked at my altimeter and it didn't say 14.5K anymore, it said 10K.
I flew a little bit more and it said 7K.
After almost a minute it said 5.5K and I realized that I had a problem.
..
I was NOT FLYING I was FALLING.
I was FALLING at 120 MPH straight down!!!
I pulled my rip cord and started flying?
… nope still falling just more slowly.
You know what?
I landed on the ground.
WHY?
The Law of Gravity.
The fact that it is a law means I can't get around it, I can't ignore it, I can't change it, I can only live within the principles of it/./
So, what am I going to do to get free from it?
I want to be "weightless"
*Well, I need to go to space right?*
* *
*So, I need some things*
*1) Technology* - the ability to put a man in space to break free from earth's atmosphere
a.
- I can get in an airplane and fly up and down and simulate weightlessness, but that's not good enough
b.
- we developed the technology to fly rocket and then the shuttle out of the earth's atmosphere
c.
- we know HOW to do it
d.
- hurdle number 1 jumped
*2) Transportation*
a.
- we need a rocket or a shuttle and the necessary fuel etc. to break free.
b.
- I can't afford one, I can't build one, but NASA or Russia can do that so there are vehicles available
c. - hurdle number 2 jumped
*3) Ticket *
a.
- since I don't have a rocket~/shuttle, I'm going to need a ticket~/pass to get on someone else's shuttle
b.
- you can't buy one in the USA but you can buy one in Russia for about $20 million!
c.
- an American millionaire did it a while back.
Then Lance Bass was going to do it last year, but after all of the training his sponsorships fell through and he couldn't go
d.
- how are you going to get there?
Someone would have to give it to you, to pick you to fly to space.
The first Starving College Student in Space Program right?
e.
- hurdle number 3 jumped
f. - then what?
*4) The Time* is NOW the Choice is yours
a.
- you have to decide to go.
The offer may come, the price may be paid, but the decision is yours
b.
- "thanks but I'm afraid of heights"
c.
- "thanks but I want to pay my own way, so I'm waiting until I earn the 20 million or until I get into the space program
d. - "thanks but I don't have time this month"
e.
- "thanks but I want to go to a party with my friends this week"
I don't know about you … but I'm on the next train~/plane~/bus~/
wagon train~/mule to NASA to join the team and get on the Shuttle!!!!
Let's talk about the *"Universal Law of Gravity"* - Discovered and Articulated by Sir Isaac Newton
grav·i·ty /n./
1. /Physics./
a.
The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.
b.
The natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies, which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
The problem is that even if we get into orbit, a shuttle, or rocket, or satellite is STILL FALLING.
It is just falling at the same curvature of the earth and thus kept in orbit.
The Law of Gravity is still in effect even though we've used our technology to get around it a little.
The reason that we "float" in orbit is because the shuttle and the person are both falling at the same rate of speed.
But even in Space, we are still subject to the Laws of Gravity.
While our technology may allow us to suspend it's effects ultimately our resources run out and it will take it's toll on us.
No matter how "good" we are No Matter how hard we try, we cannot offset the Law of Gravity
Now I said all of that to Say this
Let's talk about *another set of "Laws of Gravity"*
The *second* *definition* for *Gravity* is …
grav·i·ty /n./
2. Grave consequence; seriousness or importance: ex.
(/They are still quite unaware of the gravity of their problems./)
Well we *are* subject to the "Law of Sin and Death".
That's pretty GRAVE wouldn't you say? Sin … Death … pretty Grave.
We WANT to be set free from the Law of Sin and Death,
We MUST be set free from the Law of Sin and Death
If there are physical "Laws" that we can't get around, in like manner there are Spiritual "Laws" that we CANNOT change or supercede in our own power
No matter how good we are.
No matter how hard we try, we cannot offset the Spiritual Law of Sin and Death
*Sin is our Nature*
*Death is our Destiny*
We must be set free from the Law, we must be Released from it's HOLD on us
*What are we going to do?*
We were Born into sin, Destined for Death - we cannot rise above or Free ourselves from these GRAVE laws
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